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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2024-11-20/
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Anel Flores
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, Nov 20th\, 2024\, via Zoom for a conversation with Anel Flores\, author of Cortinas de lluvia/Curtains of Rain. Moderated by Dr. Jackie Cuevas.\n\n\n\n\n\n(Zoom Readings Monthly @ 7pm CST)  \nRSVP for Zoom invite\n\n\nCurtains of Rain/Cortinas de Lluvia\, follows the story of Solitaria\, who escapes her small border town\, to arrive at the door of her gay tíos on a quest to queer traditions\, turn trauma into triumph\, and find home. Release date is May 2025 with Jaded Ibis Press.\n\n\nSolitaria Gaviota-Alaniz is a girl on the margins\, growing up in a border town while navigating the complexities of familial relationships\, environmental racism\, and a queer secret that threatens to cleave her from those she cherishes most. Eventually\, towing the line becomes untenable\, and after a traumatic exorcism\, Sol is forced to flee from everything she has ever known. \nFifteen years later\, Solitaria returns to confront the ghosts of homophobia haunting her past. Supported by a found familia of gay tios\, her nonbinary best friend Toni\, and a diverse community of panederas and drag queens in San Antonio\, Sol embarks on a search and rescue mission for her lost self. Soaked in vibrant landscapes of identity and resilience\, Curtains of Rain details one woman’s coming-of-age between cities\, between cultures\, and between budding loves. \n\nAnel I. Flores is a trans-Latina/x writer\, artist\, and activist whose work explores LGBTQIA+ experiences\, Latina/x literature\, and social issues. Anel’s literary contributions have been featured in numerous publications\, including Switchgrass Review and Sinister Wisdom. Their plays have been produced on stage\, and their visual art has been exhibited in galleries worldwide. Anel’s upcoming novel. \n\nDr. Jackie Cuevas is the author of Post-Borderlandia: Chicana Literature and Gender Variant Critique (Rutgers University Press\, 2018) and the poetry chapbook Otherhood\, USA (Tanto Tinto Press\, 2000). Cuevas teaches at UT Austin and is a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop\,
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/the-big-texas-author-talk-featuring-anel-flores/
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